Super Bowl commercials entertain

Each year the Super Bowl brings much awaited anticipation — not because I’m a football fan wearing a jersey or waving a foam finger.

My armor includes a pen and pad to write down what happens when the ball isn’t sailing through the air. Instead of leaving the room during commercials, I stick around for them. It’s become tradition to write about the ads that make an impression. But while most ads are likeable, few are memorable.

Either way, most would agree the commercials are not worth the money — it’s now $3.8 million for 30 seconds — but they sure are entertaining.

For the most part, some humor, clever acting and unique execution made this year’s commercials worth sticking around for. As viewers, we even got to vote on how the Coke commercial ended — cleverly done!

Hyundai’s ad for the 2013 Sonata Turbo titled “Stuck” was a surefire hit. The commercial depicts a couple driving the new Sonata Turbo on several different highways at different times of day, but always managing to end up behind a vehicle most drivers wouldn’t want to drive near for very long.

From an overweight biker blowing kisses, to a nuclear waste tanker truck, to an RV full of slobbering dogs, this Hyundai commercial is life at its funniest.

Pepsi has been one of the leaders in advertising during the Super Bowl for over a decade, but the ad for their new product, Pepsi NEXT, was a little too predictable.

This ad has the common acting scenario of a son having a party while his parents are away and they come home early. No matter how tasty, fun or unique the soda is, I’m not sure I’d be OK with Duct tape marks all over my ceiling and milk puddles on the floor.

It’s surprising that there is some backlash towards Volkswagen’s Get Happy Super Bowl commercial, especially considering that the entire spot is about making people happy using a fun Jamaican accent. People get bent out of shape for strange reasons. It’s not making fun of people, it’s just fun.

The ad is trying to sell the 2013 Volkswagen Beetle by saying that the car can make the driver unrealistically pleasant. The ad features a co-worker and boss speaking with the same accent at the end, making this a very funny commercial.

Doritos always has some good ads. I liked both this year — the one with the over-zealous goat and the dress-up football players. The bearded bride was precious.

Even eating pistachios is more fun now after seeing them dance gangnam style.

I was happy to see the E-trade baby back this year. The online-trading company’s famous smack-talking TV baby returned to the Super Bowl for E-Trade’s sixth year as a participant in the event. Whoever thought of the talking baby was genius.

Page 2 of 2 - Oprah’s voiceover for the Jeep commercial hit all the right notes for patriotism. It pulled the heart strings for our war heroes who have support from those at home driving Jeep.

Paul Harvey’s voiceover on why God made the farmer was a real seller for the Dodge Ram. Associating hard workers with Ram gave credence.

Another heart jerker was the Budweiser Clydesdale who ran through Chicago streets to catch his original owner.

Then there’s the devil (Willem Dafoe), who tries to get a man to give up his soul in exchange for a Mercedes CLA and, with it, a high-rolling lifestyle that includes the company of Kate Upton and Usher. The man is tempted until he finds out how affordable the CLA is and decides he can afford one on his own. Now there’s a commercial with morals — FINALLY!